Morning news September 25: Proposal to merge small-scale kindergartens and primary schools; Landowners' profits increase

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Scene of the 49th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee - Photo: Quochoi.vn

The National Assembly Standing Committee gives opinions on the draft revised Law on Planning.

According to the program, this afternoon (September 25), the National Assembly Standing Committee continued its 49th session and gave opinions on many important contents.

In particular, giving opinions on the draft Law on Planning (amended). The draft law will be submitted to the National Assembly for consideration at the upcoming 10th session.

Previously, General Secretary To Lam worked with the Standing Committee of the Government Party Committee on a number of contents of the revised Law on Planning.

The General Secretary requested to evaluate the abolition and adjustment of a number of national sectoral plans, pay attention to handling conflicts between plans to ensure that investment projects do not waste too much time, and at the same time can continue to be implemented according to plans that are operating stably, not affected by the organization of two-level local government, avoiding waste.

The Law on Planning must ensure the country's development vision; build comprehensive, long-term infrastructure and solve infrastructure development tasks to lead overall development.

Continue to decentralize, delegate power, clearly define authority in planning work, associated with simplifying processes and procedures in planning activities, ensuring synchronous decentralization and delegation of power in the spirit of "locality decides, locality acts, locality is responsible".

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man also stated that the revised Law on Planning must be passed at the 10th session.

Along with that, the National Assembly Standing Committee will give opinions on the proposed audit plan for 2026, the 2025 work report and the State Audit's term work report.

Proposal to merge small-scale, substandard kindergartens and primary schools

Morning news September 25: Proposal to merge small-scale kindergartens and primary schools; Landowners' profits increase - Photo 3.

Many kindergartens in Ho Chi Minh City are currently lacking teachers - TTO photo

The Ministry of Education and Training has just sent an official dispatch to the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, and the People's Committees of provinces and cities to solicit comments on the draft guidelines for arranging and organizing preschool, general education, and continuing education facilities in accordance with two-level governments.

According to the draft, the ministry recommends that localities review the entire network of preschool, general education and continuing education facilities, including schools, school locations, class sizes, management staff, teachers and employees. Check and evaluate facilities (classrooms, functional rooms, dormitories, public houses, kitchen areas, toilets, clean water systems, auxiliary works, teaching equipment).

Based on the review results, provinces and cities develop plans and projects to arrange (merge, consolidate, dissolve or establish new) educational institutions in a reasonable and effective manner.

The Ministry of Education and Training proposes to prioritize primary and secondary school models in sparsely populated areas or areas with difficult travel conditions; consider merging small-scale, substandard kindergartens and primary schools in the same commune according to a suitable roadmap.

Reorganizing continuing education centers, vocational education centers - continuing education centers must ensure compliance with lifelong learning needs and management models at the provincial and commune levels.

Regarding the principles of the arrangement, the ministry noted that it would ensure that access to education is not reduced, that safety is ensured during the process of going to school for children, students, and trainees, and that mergers are not carried out if the distance between the residence and the school is too far, or if traffic conditions are not suitable; that there is a clear roadmap, a specific plan, and that opinions are sought from the community and relevant parties to minimize disruption and impact on the management team, teachers, staff, children, students, and trainees.

Localities only carry out the merger of schools and school sites within a commune; prioritize retaining schools with favorable conditions (facilities, transportation, concentrated population), and dissolve separate schools that do not meet standards and operate ineffectively. During the reorganization process, ensure that each commune has at least one kindergarten, one primary school and one secondary school.

Real estate giants' profits forecast to increase sharply in the third quarter

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Real estate prices in many localities have increased rapidly recently - Illustration photo: TTO

In a recently published report on the real estate industry, MB Securities (MBS) said that in the third quarter of 2025, sales activities took place actively at listed real estate enterprises, but handover activities mainly came from products of existing projects.

In the third quarter, many share transfer transactions in projects have taken place and are expected to bring extraordinary financial profits in the quarter for businesses, including the transfer of 15.1% of shares in the Izumi City project or the transfer of shares in the Thuan An 1 project (not completed at the time of the report's release).

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MBS believes that the profits of listed real estate businesses monitored in the third quarter of 2025 recorded a growth of 68.7% over the same period thanks to recovery from a low base or support from extraordinary financial profits in the quarter.

In addition, new projects launched by businesses in the quarter are expected to contribute to business results from the fourth quarter of 2025.

Large quantity of smuggled moon cakes discovered

On September 24, the Economic Police Department of Bac Ninh Provincial Police presided over and coordinated with Market Management Team No. 1 - Bac Ninh Provincial Market Management Department to inspect the business household Nguyen Thi Hue BGG (address No. 76 Hung Vuong Street, Bac Giang Ward, Bac Ninh Province) owned by Ms. Nguyen Thi Hue (34 years old, residing in Thien Moc Commune, Hanoi), and discovered a large quantity of smuggled moon cakes of unknown origin.

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Authorities seized moon cakes of unknown origin - Photo: VNA

During the inspection, the team discovered that Ms. Hue's business was selling 4,150 food products, including 1,350 moon cakes and 2,800 cinnamon cream cakes. All of the above goods had no related invoices or documents and were smuggled and purchased illegally on the market.

The Economic Police Department of Bac Ninh province recommends that people use products with clear origins; buy at reputable businesses; when discovering organizations or individuals violating the law in the field of production and trading of food products, promptly inform the authorities for handling.

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